The Big Broadcast (1932)
Comedy, Music, Romance • 1h 27m
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Bing Crosby, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Stuart Erwin, Leila Hyams, George Barbier, Sharon Lynn, Kate Smith, Cab Calloway, Ralph Robertson, Alex Melesh, Spec O'Donnell, Anna Chandler, Thomas Carrigan, Donald Mills, Harry Mills, Herbert Mills, Irving Bacon, Connee Boswell, Martha Boswell, Vet Boswell, Leonid Kinskey, Eddie Lang, Vincent Lopez, Edgar Norton, Donald Novis, Dewey Robinson, Mary Stewart, Arthur Tracy, Jimmy Wallington
No official release
No official edition exists. Anything circulating comes from unofficial sources, so there is no release this site can recommend.
Overview
The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.
Director: John Ford
Sources: ibb.co (opens in a new tab)
Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements
Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ
Director: Frank Capra
Director: William Dieterle
Director: David Butler
Video format: Only Unofficial Sources
Sources: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
The DVD isn't an official one, and according to a user review on Amazon:
This DVD comes from Archive.org, where the movie can be viewed for free. The original source, comes from the Fox Movie Channel
Kino Lorber Philo Vance Collection Blu-ray
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Frank Tuttle
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Sources: filmpreservationsociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Film Preservation Society BD from 4K scan
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Olivier Assayas
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Encoding is clunky on both Arrow and Criterion BDs but Arrow at least included the original stereo mix in addition to the 5.1 remix, while Criterion only included the 5.1 remix.
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
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